Abilene Christian def. West Ga. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 26)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

3:0

Abilene Christian won at West Ga. 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-22) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Hannah Gonzalez led Abilene Christian with 10 kills; West Ga.'s Valiree Schmus had a match-high 13.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ABILCH	27	25	25	3
W GA	25	20	22	0

Win probability

West Ga. above 50 · Abilene Christian below

Biggest swing: 5.1% to West Ga. — set 1, ABILCH 24-24 W GA. Kill by Brooke McCall (set by Anezka Ourednikova). W GA win probability 9% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ABILCH 88.5%11.5% W GA

Abilene Christian wins

3-0

42.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.9%

West Ga. wins

3-0

1.6%

3-1

3.5%

3-2

6.3%

ABILCH break %: 48.8% vs this opp
W GA break %: 39.6% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Brooke McCallKill+5.1%
Kill by Brooke McCall (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 1 · ABILCH 24-24 W GA · W GA 9% → 14%
02
Brooke McCallAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Brooke McCall
Set 1 · ABILCH 27-25 W GA · ABILCH 90% → 94%
03
Avery ThalerKill+4.2%
Kill by Avery Thaler (set by Rachel Koss)
Set 1 · ABILCH 25-24 W GA · ABILCH 86% → 90%
04
Brooke McCallKill+4.2%
Kill by Brooke McCall (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 1 · ABILCH 25-25 W GA · W GA 10% → 14%
05
Avery ThalerKill+4.2%
Kill by Avery Thaler (set by Rachel Koss)
Set 1 · ABILCH 26-25 W GA · ABILCH 86% → 90%
06
Abilene ChristianAce+2.6%
Abilene Christian ace on Grace-Blythe Cornett
Set 1 · ABILCH 22-20 W GA · ABILCH 88% → 91%
07
Brooke McCallKill+2.4%
Kill by Brooke McCall (set by Desha Van Veldhuizen)
Set 1 · ABILCH 18-18 W GA · W GA 11% → 14%
08
Hannah GonzalezKill+2.3%
Kill by Hannah Gonzalez (set by Rachel Koss)
Set 1 · ABILCH 21-20 W GA · ABILCH 86% → 88%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Abilene Christianaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Hannah GonzalezMB	3	10	2	18	.444	0	0	1	5	0	5	2.5	12.5
15Hadlee WelchOH	3	9	3	21	.286	1	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	10.5
2Avery ThalerMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
4Rachel KossS	3	3	1	8	.250	31	1	1	2	0	3	1.5	5.5
19Maddie FinneganOH	3	3	2	10	.100	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4
8Annaleise SevierOH	1	0	3	7	-.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
3Alyssa ToddOH	3	9	1	20	.400	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.5	9.5
11Izabelle LarsonOH	3	0	2	5	-.400	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
12Abby ChristianL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	1
24Brennan RamirezL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	4	0	1	27	0	0	0	0
10Aubrey BeaverOH	1	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
21Alexis StrongOH	1	2	2	14	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		43	18	121	.207	37	4	4	56	6	16	8	77

West Ga.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Valiree SchmusOH	3	13	8	46	.109	0	1	2	9	0	1	2	2	16
10Grace-Blythe CornettOH	3	8	3	19	.263	0	0	1	8	2	0	3	1.5	9.5
12Milena CetkovicMB	3	2	2	10	.000	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	3	6
18Anezka OurednikovaS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1
8Hannah NicholsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
24Maddy KirmerMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
1Brooke McCallOH	3	7	9	28	-.071	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
15Giorgia MandottiL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	4	1	13	0	0	0	0	4
14Desha Van VeldhuizenS	3	0	0	1	.000	18	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6Cassie ThayseOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
4Courtney JosephMB	2	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4
3Giovana RibeiroOH	1	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
23Devin HicksS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	23	124	.097	34	6	4	49	4	3	14	10	67

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Abilene Christian vs West Ga.

Season series · Abilene Christian leads 2-0

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Abilene Christian at West Ga. · Abilene Christian won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026West Ga. at Abilene Christian · Abilene Christian won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 ABILCH · W GA 3

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 4 ABILCHW GA 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 5 ABILCHW GA 3

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 5 ABILCHW GA 3

Bars above the line = West Ga. leads, below = Abilene Christian leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Abilene Christian

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	63%10/16
2	70%7/10	50%7/14
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	46%6/13	50%6/12
5	55%6/11	54%7/13
6	50%5/10	29%2/7
All	57%39/69	51%38/75

West Ga.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	22%2/9
2	58%7/12	42%5/12
3	47%7/15	30%3/10
4	38%6/16	56%9/16
5	71%5/7	45%5/11
6	45%5/11	55%6/11
All	49%37/75	43%30/69

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

144 rallies

#	ABILCH-W GA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
2	1-1	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
3	2-1	W GA	ABILCH	Attack err	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+0.9
4	2-2	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Maddy Kirmer	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
5	3-2	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.9
6	3-3	ABILCH	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
7	3-4	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Alyssa Todd		+1.4
8	3-5	W GA	W GA×3	Bad set	Rachel Koss		+1.6
9	4-5	W GA	ABILCH×3	Serve err	West Ga.		+1.1
10	5-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Ace	Abilene Christian		+1.4
11	6-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+1.3
12	6-6	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.1
13	7-6	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+1.0
14	7-7	ABILCH	W GA×3	Kill	Milena Cetkovic	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.1
15	7-8	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.6
16	7-9	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.8
17	8-9	W GA	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+1.3
18	9-9	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Brooke McCall	blk Annaleise Sevier, Hannah Gonzalez	+1.6
19	10-9	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Grace-Blythe Cornett	blk Hadlee Welch, Hannah Gonzalez	+1.5
20	11-9	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+1.3
21	11-10	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.1
22	12-10	W GA	ABILCH	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+1.1
23	12-11	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.1
24	13-11	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Rachel Koss		+1.1
25	13-12	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.2
26	14-12	W GA	ABILCH×3	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Rachel Koss, Hannah Gonzalez	+1.2
27	15-12	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.3
28	16-12	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+1.0
29	16-13	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
30	17-13	W GA	ABILCH	Blocked	Brooke McCall	blk Avery Thaler, Rachel Koss	+0.8
31	17-14	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
32	17-15	W GA	W GA	Blocked	Avery Thaler	blk Milena Cetkovic	+1.3
33	18-15	W GA	ABILCH	Blocked	Brooke McCall	blk Alyssa Todd, Avery Thaler	+1.1
34	18-16	ABILCH	W GA×3	Attack err	Annaleise Sevier		+1.0
35	18-17	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Annaleise Sevier	blk Grace-Blythe Cornett, Milena Cetkovic	+1.8
36	18-18	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+2.4
37	19-18	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+1.9
38	19-19	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+2.1
39	20-19	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+2.1
40	20-20	ABILCH	W GA	Blocked	Annaleise Sevier	blk Grace-Blythe Cornett, Milena Cetkovic	+2.3
41	21-20	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+2.3
42	22-20	ABILCH	ABILCH	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Grace-Blythe Cornett	+2.6
43	22-21	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.8
44	23-21	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Maddie Finnegan	set Brennan Ramirez	+2.3
45	24-21	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+1.9
46	24-22	ABILCH	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
47	24-23	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Maddie Finnegan	blk Maddy Kirmer, Anezka Ourednikova	+2.0
48	24-24	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+5.1
49	25-24	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+4.2
50	25-25	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+4.2
51	26-25	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+4.2
52	27-25	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+4.4
Set 2
1	1-0	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Maddie Finnegan	set Rachel Koss	+0.7
2	1-1	ABILCH	W GA×3	Attack err	Hadlee Welch		+0.6
3	1-2	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.9
4	1-3	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+1.0
5	2-3	W GA	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Hadlee Welch, Avery Thaler	+0.7
6	3-3	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Bad set	Desha Van Veldhuizen		+0.9
7	4-3	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Hadlee Welch, Hannah Gonzalez	+0.8
8	5-3	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alexis Strong	set Rachel Koss	+0.7
9	5-4	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.6
10	5-5	W GA	W GA	Ace	West Ga.		+0.9
11	6-5	W GA	ABILCH×5	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.7
12	7-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Grace-Blythe Cornett	+0.8
13	8-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.7
14	9-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Kill	Rachel Koss		+0.6
15	10-5	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Kill	Maddie Finnegan	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
16	10-6	ABILCH	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Giorgia Mandotti	+0.3
17	10-7	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Hannah Gonzalez	blk Courtney Joseph, Valiree Schmus	+0.5
18	10-8	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Courtney Joseph	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
19	11-8	W GA	ABILCH×4	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.6
20	12-8	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.6
21	13-8	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Bad set	Valiree Schmus		+0.5
22	14-8	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Rachel Koss, Hannah Gonzalez	+0.4
23	14-9	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
24	14-10	W GA	W GA	Ace	West Ga.	aced Abby Christian	+0.4
25	15-10	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.4
26	15-11	ABILCH	W GA	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.3
27	15-12	W GA	W GA	Ace	West Ga.		+0.6
28	16-12	W GA	ABILCH	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.5
29	16-13	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Milena Cetkovic	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.5
30	17-13	W GA	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.6
31	18-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Ace	Abilene Christian		+0.5
32	19-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Bad set	Desha Van Veldhuizen		+0.3
33	20-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.2
34	20-14	ABILCH	W GA×3	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.1
35	20-15	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Maddie Finnegan		+0.2
36	20-16	W GA	W GA×3	Bad set	Rachel Koss		+0.3
37	21-16	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.4
38	22-16	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Milena Cetkovic		+0.3
39	22-17	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.1
40	22-18	W GA	W GA	Blocked	Alexis Strong	blk Courtney Joseph, Grace-Blythe Cornett	+0.3
41	23-18	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Alexis Strong	set Brennan Ramirez	+0.3
42	24-18	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Courtney Joseph		+0.2
43	24-19	ABILCH	W GA	Blocked	Hannah Gonzalez	blk Courtney Joseph, Valiree Schmus	·
44	24-20	W GA	W GA	Blocked	Alexis Strong	blk Courtney Joseph, Anezka Ourednikova	+0.1
45	25-20	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	W GA	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.4
2	0-2	W GA	W GA	Blocked	Hadlee Welch	blk Milena Cetkovic	+0.5
3	1-2	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Brennan Ramirez	+0.3
4	2-2	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Abby Christian	+0.4
5	2-3	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.4
6	3-3	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.3
7	3-4	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Courtney Joseph	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.4
8	3-5	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Izabelle Larson		+0.5
9	4-5	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.4
10	4-6	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.4
11	4-7	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Izabelle Larson		+0.6
12	5-7	W GA	ABILCH×5	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Brennan Ramirez	+0.4
13	6-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.5
14	7-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
15	8-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Cassie Thayse	+0.5
16	9-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.4
17	9-8	ABILCH	W GA×3	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.3
18	9-9	W GA	W GA×3	Ace	West Ga.		+0.5
19	9-10	W GA	W GA×3	Ace	West Ga.	aced Izabelle Larson	+0.6
20	10-10	W GA	ABILCH	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.4
21	11-10	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Rachel Koss	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
22	11-11	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Giovana Ribeiro	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.4
23	11-12	W GA	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.6
24	12-12	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
25	12-13	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Giovana Ribeiro	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.5
26	13-13	W GA	ABILCH×3	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
27	14-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Milena Cetkovic		+0.6
28	15-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+0.5
29	15-14	ABILCH	W GA	Bad set	Rachel Koss		+0.4
30	15-15	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Rachel Koss		+0.7
31	16-15	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
32	16-16	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Desha Van Veldhuizen	+0.6
33	17-16	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.6
34	17-17	ABILCH	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.6
35	17-18	W GA	W GA	Bad set	Rachel Koss		+0.9
36	18-18	W GA	ABILCH	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.7
37	19-18	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
38	19-19	ABILCH	W GA	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver		+0.7
39	19-20	W GA	W GA	Ace	West Ga.	aced Alyssa Todd	+1.1
40	20-20	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
41	20-21	ABILCH	W GA	Attack err	Hadlee Welch		+1.0
42	21-21	W GA	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.9
43	22-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Maddie Finnegan	+1.2
44	23-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Attack err	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+1.0
45	24-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Hadlee Welch	+0.6
46	24-22	ABILCH	W GA	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.2
47	25-22	W GA	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.5

Score shown after each rally, Abilene Christian first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Abilene Christian def. West Ga. 3–0